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Halloween? Mr Myers follows us home to find out.

Gary Mancini, Facebook

As a huge fan of the original I was hoping/expecting that Michael would behave as he did in the original film – stealth stalking, a smart set-up of scares before he attacks his victims. Instead we got a Rob Zombie-style brutal Myers. The original didn’t need the gore, relying on suspense instead. I wish this film had followed its lead and been the true sequel that I was expecting.

David Chapman, Facebook

H2018 is a very good slasher movie in its own right, but it doesn’t quite measure up to the original.

Rob Perry, Facebook

Great stuff. Restored Myers to the terrifyingly unknowable force of nature he was in Carpenter’s original. Jamie Lee Curtis was magnificent as the strong but broken Laurie. And having the female leads face up to the male whose shadow has dominated their lives is powerfully relevant at the moment. I just fear piss-poor sequels on the horizon. Thejus Rao, email

Amazing how Myers could take a bullet to the shoulder, to the fingers, get hit by a fast-moving car and have a bad diet with no training and still have the strength to go on a killing spree, crush someone’s skull with his foot and dangle a woman a foot off the ground. Not to mention that Strode thought it was better to booby-trap her entire house instead of simply moving to another town and starting afresh. SFX I see you’re using logic there, Thejus. Assume you have a permit?

Daniel Tei, Facebook

This soft reboot was bullshit. I fell asleep to the movie. Rob Zombie’s Halloween was 10 times better: it’s a Michael that straight-out tackles Laurie through the second storey of a house and out the wall – then he gets shot in the face with a Magnum and gets back up (in the second one) just a few hours after. Dude is a beast in those movies.

Shawn Lunn-atic, Twitter

One of the strongest sequels we’ve had in the franchise.

Zak Radka, Facebook

It was fantastic. I love the first two and this movie was so refreshing and awesome, from the score to the kills to Jamie Lee Curtis being an absolute badass. Loved it.

Halloweens Andreas Johansson, Facebook

Loved every second of it. Michael Myers is a horror icon and although he’s 60 years old in this he’s still a force of nature. Pure evil!

Angel G Vega Miranda, Facebook

A lot of the scenes were shot John Wick style with the camera following Myers but the story went nowhere and a lot of the kills were pointless or forced. Plus there were way too many jump scares and barely any tension at all. Not the worst movie of the franchise but a bit of a letdown.

Susie Wallis, Twitter Jamie Lee Curtis is bae, but this film isn’t. Ray Love, Facebook

Some parts were excellent, while others were hit or miss. 25% of it was classical callbacks that appeased me as a fan. Jamie Lee Curtis brought 25% of the good fight back action and plot motivation. Only the original new stuff made it 10% better, leaving about the last 40% filled with dull actors that I can’t bother to care about, plot holes that can be glaring at times, and situations that can be predicated down to unenjoyable boredom. It is a good movie if you go in as a nostalgic fan without expecting it to be better than the first. But it can be a terrible movie compared to today’s standards.

David Williams, Facebook

Best out of all the sequels. You’re never going to beat the original so if you’re going in with that mindset then it’s more than enjoyable

Gordon Graves, Facebook

How many times are they going to make this movie? Rob Zombie’s version was better.

Tyler James Rumfelt, Facebook

Enjoyed it but Jamie Lee Curtis overplayed her part a lot of times and wasn’t believeable to me. 7/10.

John Cane, Facebook

I liked it. Better than most of the other ones in the series.

Carolyn Percy, Twitter

I really enjoyed it! I’d only recently seen the original but I think they complement each other really well (it also meant I was able to spot and appreciate some of the Easter eggs). It’s bloodier but still creates atmosphere and tension. And the soundtrack is awesome!

Aiden Ritter, Facebook

It was watchable but doesn’t have that OOF! magic like the old ones.

SFX I think we all need some OOF! magic in our lives.

#YOU ON WHO Keith Tudor, email I’m enjoying the new series of Doctor Who. I love the return to the historic episodes with “Rosa” and “Demons Of The Punjab”, which feel very similar to William Hartnell’s first series all those years ago. However, I’m finding the Doctor’s moral stance a little odd. In “The Ghost Monument”, the Doctor deplores Ryan shooting at robotic drones, yet appears okay at incinerating the cloth-like creatures which appeared sentient. In “Arachnids In The uK”, when Robertson shoots the dying giant spider the Doctor sees this as cruelty, yet the Doctor later appears to lure all the remaining spiders into the panic room to die once the food or air run out. I’m hoping this is all leading somewhere, and the end result will be an interesting inward look as the Doctor figures out who she is now.

Smudge Smith, email I thought “Rosa” was a well-acted and emotionally charged episode of Doctor Who let down by a poor plot. Basically a lot of faffing about to stop a time agent changing the timeline of history when surely all they had to do was disable his tech and lock him in a cupboard so he could not interfere! Simples! SFX Doctor Who: Adventures In Cupboards. Could catch on.

#DeAD eND?

Neil Carter, email Why does The Walking Dead need to be a shared universe? Not even the occasional memorable episode can hide the fact the main show has been floundering ever since Negan came onto the scene. I never really took to Fear The Walking Dead, and now we hear that Rick Grimes is going to headline three movies separate from the Tv show following Andrew Lincoln’s exit. What’s the point? Whatever the setting, how many ways can you watch people being chased/eaten by zombies with so little chance of a happy ending? It’s starting to make EastEnders look like a little beacon of joy. SFX I would watch the hell out of a zombified Mary the Punk.

#SATANiC PANiC

Kiki Rodgers, email I feel I have a confession to make, and I’m hoping you can help me. The thing is, I am utterly, irrevocably, head over heels in love with Madam Satan from Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina. I don’t know how it happened, but from the first moment I saw her on screen, I was ensnared. I’m so afraid my boyfriend is going to find out and cancel our Netflix subscription. Please tell me how can I love someone so cruel and dark of heart? She’s trying to manipulate Sabrina and serve her up to Satan. I should be appalled, and yet, I dream about meeting her under a blood moon. SFX Your secret is safe with us, Kiki.

Oh, wait…

Tell me how can I be so in love with Madam Satan when she’s cruel and dark of heart?

#ROAD WORKS Gary Watson, Northumberland Today I listened to the radio adaptation of Nigel Kneale’s 1963 Tv play The Road, and I found it chilling. I already knew of the twist ending after reading about it in a book years ago but it still didn’t stop me from listening. Mark Gatiss was the perfect choice for Gideon Cobb, the arrogant philosopher who ends up broken by the experiences in the wood. An eerie classic – but, Mr Gatiss, can we now please see an all new television adaptation of The Road, reprising your role as Cobb? SFX Hey, you on p72! Answer the man!

#NiNe OR NeiN? Marshall Weaver, email While I enjoyed Inside No 9’s “live” Halloween special, I didn’t understand people hailing it as “the new Ghostwatch” and saying they were utterly terrified. Huh? If events had played out in a deserted studio after the plug was pulled on the broadcast, it might have spooked me. But instead, it cut between the studio cameras, multiple CCTv angles (how?!) and old clips of shows like Most Haunted, which totally punctured any sense that you were watching unfolding reality. SFX Come on, Marshall… not remotely chilled by the thought your TV was possessed by the unquiet spirit of Jim Bowen?